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2. Agrarianism in agricultural education: a narrative study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Martin, Michael J. (author), Enns, Kellie (author), and Hartmann, Katherine (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Published:
- USA: American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12705
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 63, Iss.3
- Notes:
- 14 pages, Agriculturalists can be divided into broad ideological camps with differing value sets. While many different groups exist, there are two primary ideological groups: (1) conventional or agrarian populists and (2) non-conventional or neo-agrarians. Agricultural education students’ values about agriculture shape how they will work in their future classrooms, schools, and communities, as well as how they will interact with students and community members. The purpose of this narrative study was to describe undergraduate agricultural education students’ conceptualization of their values about agriculture. The findings from this study highlighted the polarization of ideologies in American agriculture. The agricultural education students’ conceptualization of agricultural values was largely conventional. Some students formed conventional agriculture values as they grew up, while other students experienced a change of their values towards conventional attitudes while in college. Students’ responses to others with differing values ranged from indifferent to negative. These differences indicate a real challenge for post-secondary agricultural educators. Students have the right to maintain their own values in agriculture, however they must be able to work with others who have differing values. Research is needed to evaluate effective ways to help students learn how to work with people who have differing agricultural values.
3. Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-02
- Published:
- USA: Southern Farm Network, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12144
- Notes:
- Brief report on "SFN Today" featured the national Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) student organization. 2 pages., Briefly described the development and goals of the organization, the programming it offers to student members, and the current student and faculty leadership.
4. Agricultural leadership: a national portrait of undergraduate courses
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cletzer, D. Adam (author), Mott, Rebecca L. (author), Simonsen, Jon C. (author), Tummons, John D. (author), Peckman, Jaelyn Y. (author), and Preston, Kate (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-01-01
- Published:
- USA: American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12706
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 63, Iss.1
- Notes:
- 17 pages, Agricultural leadership coursework has sought to developed leadership skills in graduates of colleges of agriculture for decades. Yet, a national study of the scope and nature of undergraduate leadership coursework has not been conducted since 2003. The purpose of this study was to provide empirical data for discussion of the state of agricultural leadership education. A census of all programs represented by faculty in AAAE was conducted, and 227 courses were determined to exist, the most common types of courses were introduction to leadership, personal leadership, and team and group leadership. The most common leadership theories or concepts present in the 100 course syllabi analyzed were “traits and skills,” “ethics,” and “servant leadership.” More than 80 different textbooks were used.
5. Assessment of agricultural extension students’ interest in providing private extension services in Nigeria
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Adesoji, S.A. (author), Famakinwa, M. (author), and Eghosa, A.E. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11120
- Journal Title:
- The Journal of Agricultural Sciences - Sri Lanka
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(1):57-66
- Notes:
- 10 pages., via online journal., Purpose: Agricultural extension graduates do not get jobs and farmers are not getting agricultural extension services, and therefore, both the farmers and agricultural graduates do not receive benefi ts. The study assessed the interest of agricultural extension students in providing private extension services to farmers, examined their perception towards private extension services and identifi ed extension skills possessed by the students. Research Method: The study comprised all the fi nal year students in the Universities in Osun State. A two – stage sampling procedure was used to select the respondents. One university was selected from each category of federal, state and private. A total of 68 respondents were selected and interviewed. Data collected were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: The results show that the mean age, mean years of formal education of the respondents were 23.75 ± 2.02 and 17.40 ± 1.16, respectively. About half (51.5%) of the respondents had positive perception towards the private extension service while 57 percent had high interest in providing private extension services. Majority of them possessed teaching skills (97.1%), innovation dissemination skills (95.5%) and communication skills (88.2%). Also, sources of agricultural information available (χ2=22.448), types of sponsors (χ2=6.102) and marital status (χ2=16.535) had a signifi cant association with respondents’ interest in providing private agricultural extension services. Research Limitation: The study focuses on the interest of agricultural extension graduates to provide private extension services; however, these graduates may have an interest in other areas that have not been investigated. Original Value: The study provides an insight to show the interest and capability of agricultural students to be engaged in private extension services as a livelihood
6. Community-guided rural journalism education project, 2018-19
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shors, Benjamin (author) and Jones, Lisa Waananen (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA: Journalism and Media Production Department, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11227
- Notes:
- Via online. 10 pages., "In the context of post-secondary journalism education, we investigated whether community guidance and involvement can improve 'parachute' journalism to create meaningful coverage in rural areas." Findings offered strong evidence of benefits for student learning, as well as interest from regional news organizations in greater collaboration with student journalists and need for a complete and ongoing assessment of information needs of rural communities in the region during a time of rapidly changing technology and loss of local news resources.
7. Determining the effects of the smartphone as a learning tool on the motivation of school-based agricultural education students in Louisiana
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Smith, H. Eric S (author), Blackburn, J. Joey (author), Stair, Kristin S. (author), and Burnett, Michael F. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10
- Published:
- The American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10974
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 60(3), 141-154
- Notes:
- 14 pages., via online journal., The smartphone is perhaps the most influential device in modern society. Research has indicated students perceived that using smartphones in the classroom aided learning. However, most American high schools ban students from using phones in the classroom. Previous research supports the idea that advanced smartphone applications in student- centered learning environments can improve achievement and motivation. Currently, there is little in the agricultural education literature pertaining to smartphone enhanced learning among secondary agriculture students. This study compared motivational differences between non-equivalent comparison groups. Secondary agricultural students from 13 schools across Louisiana completed the Course Interest Survey to measure motivation during a forestry unit. Data were analyzed using Hierarchical Linear Modeling. The analysis rendered no statistically significant differences between the groups in motivation. It was concluded that smartphones do not reduce motivation and should be considered in agricultural education classrooms where policy permits.
8. Do they believe they can communicate? Assessing college students’ perceived ability to communicate about agricultural sciences
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Norris, Shannon L. (author), Murphrey, Theresa Pesl (author), and Leggette, Holli R. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- The American Association for Agricultural Education
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11117
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Education
- Journal Title Details:
- 60(4): 53-70
- Notes:
- 18 pages., via online journal., Meeting the demands of a proficient scientific workforce depends on students’ communication skill preparation. To describe students’ self-perceptions of their communication skills, we surveyed 315 students in Texas A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Participants noted they were most proficient in their ability to listen effectively and least proficient in asking effective questions. Each communication skill characteristic showed a statistically significant difference before and after college engagement, but we found no statistically significant difference in the overall communication scores of students. Therefore, we recommend: 1) interviewing employers to understand their perceptions of entry-level employees; 2) investigating when students transition from false sense of confidence to actual confidence; 3) conducting a longitudinal study to investigate students’ perceptions of communication skills throughout their college experience; 4) evaluating faculty’s communication teaching methods across disciplines; and 5) investigating the influence of self-reflection on students’ attained communication skills. Conducting such studies could lead to stronger connections between the academy and the industry, especially as faculty strive to align their teaching with needs of the industry.
9. Effect of virtual social networks on entrepreneurial behaviour of agriculture students in Iran
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Farani, Ahmad Y. (author), Karimi, Saeid (author), Izadi, Nasim (author), and Ataei, Pouria (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10496
- Journal Title:
- Applied Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- 51(21): 2326-2335
- Notes:
- 11 pages., via online journal., The main purpose of this research was to investigate those factors influencing the entrepreneurial behaviour of agriculture students who were members of entrepreneurship learning and training groups in virtual communication networks. In doing this, a conceptual model was developed to examine the effects of characteristics of entrepreneurship virtual social networks and the degree of participation in these networks through entrepreneurial thinking and decision on entrepreneurial behaviour. The study population of this descriptive-correlational research was made up of 180 members of virtual social groups exchanging knowledge of entrepreneurship in WhatsApp and Viber networks. A total of 126 usable questionnaires were collected. Results indicated that participation in virtual social networks had both direct and indirect effects – through entrepreneurial thinking and decisions – on entrepreneurial behaviour. However, characteristics of entrepreneurship virtual networks had only indirect effect on entrepreneurial behaviour via entrepreneurial thinking. The study highlights certain implications for policymakers, (potential) entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship support organizations, researchers and underlines the potential of virtual social networking for promoting entrepreneurship.
10. Embracing mistakes to cultivate scientific literacy of our students
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Warner, Anna (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11825
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Education Magazine
- Journal Title Details:
- 92(1) : 18-19
- Notes:
- Online via UI electronic subscription., Emphasis on the value of, and techniques for, helping learners analyze mistakes and learn from them.
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